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Wed, Nov 6, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

St. Louis Blues 5, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL172929525
EDM17012115234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:46EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Mike Smith · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:02STLJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, David Perron · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:10STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:18STLRobert ThomasGWGAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:02EDMZack KassianAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:01STLTyler BozakENAssists: Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.48 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:27STLIvan BarbashevENAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.62 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:55STLRobert Thomas: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:44EDMTomas Jurco: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:04EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:04EDMAlex Chiasson: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 19:00STLJustin Faulk: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 17:32STLBrayden Schenn: Delaying game puck over glass2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sundqvist won the faceoff against Cave
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLEDM
25Shots on goal34
3.8Expected goals4.0
56Shot attempts60
36Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits15
15Blocked shots21
7Giveaways18
11Takeaways16

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Sundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev7:34

    xG 0.50–0.45 (52%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford11:14

    xG 0.59–0.55 (52%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Bozak – Blais6:45

    xG 0.02–0.20 (10%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas11:03

    xG 0.39–0.98 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Faulk12:32

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  2. Gunnarsson – Faulk2:23

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Dunn5:06

    xG 0.04–0.08 (36%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Draisaitl – McDavid8:01

    xG 0.97–0.37 (72%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Jurco – Haas6:39

    xG 0.26–0.06 (80%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid4:35

    xG 0.62–0.55 (53%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Chiasson – Cave – Russell2:51

    xG 0.39–0.33 (55%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Benning5:10

    xG 0.70–0.23 (75%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Manning – Benning9:24

    xG 0.40–0.06 (86%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bear16:41

    xG 1.23–1.14 (52%)attempts 20–17goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

EDM 4.0 xGSTL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #534 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsSTL wins

Simulated goal difference (EDM − STL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).